I enjoy eating fusion Japanese dishes, i.e. Japanese mixed with European/Western influences. The modern Japanese cafes will usually serve a mixture of pasta or baked dishes that are cooked with miso paste, served with seaweed garnishes; drip or brewed coffee and nicely baked desserts. When we went to Japan, we ate at a local fusion Japanese cafe; when we went to Taiwan, we had a lunch stop at one as well. Back in Singapore, we just had one of these cafes open at Tiong Bahru Plaza (yay!) and it serves yummy pasta and pizzas too. 😀
This recipe is going to be one of my frequent to-go-tos for a long time to come. It’s easy to prepare and it’s healthy. The miso paste brings out a great flavour in the pasta and salmon that’s very different from other Italian pasta. You’ve got to try it!
Ingredients:
- Spaghetti: 220g
- Olive oil: 2 tbsp
- Salmon: 1 small fillet, deboned
- Shimeji mushroom: 50g, bottom discarded
- Shiitake mushroom: 100g, stem discarded, sliced
- Cremini / brown mushroom: 100g, stem discarded, sliced
- Salt: 1/2 tsp
- Ground blackpepper: a dash
- Miso paste: 1 tbsp
- Sake: 2 tbsp
- Unsalted butter: 1 tbsp
- Shredded seaweed: 2 tbsp
Method:
- Cook spaghetti till al dente. Drain and set aside with 4 tbsp stock from cooking spaghetti.
- Heat olive oil in pan. Pan-fry salmon fillet on both sides till slightly browned.
- Remove from pan and use a fork to shred. Set aside.
- Add mushrooms and stir-fry 1min till fragrant. There is no need to add more oil as the salmon would have left its oil in the pan.
- Add in cooked salmon, salt and blackpepper. Give a quick stir.
- Dissolve miso paste in pasta stock. Add this into the pan together with sake and butter.
- Add in spaghetti. Toss to combine. Add in more salt if required.
- Serve with shredded seaweed to serve.
Disclaimer:
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The original recipe used tuna to make this pasta dish. I replaced it with salmon (so it’s a step more) because the boy doesn’t like tuna. It does make the dish a lot more tasty though with the salmon oil spicing it up a bit.
Serving:
3 persons
